HTML5 and the Future of the Web

I went to a very informative Meetup at Microsoft San Francisco last night. (May 11thh)   I'm new to HTML 5 and didn't realize that some browsers already support some features.  The presenters were Brad Neuberg from Google, Giorgio Sardo from Microsoft, Redmond and Peter Lubbers, from Kaazing.  Brad's presentation was great!  He had cool examples, overall presentation style, clear explanations, great vision delivery. Check out Brad's video presentation of HTML 5.

IE 9 was demonstrated by Giorgio with comparisons to other browsers.  IE 9 looks cool and uses hardware for performance acceleration. I think I heard a IE 9 CTP version will be available in about 8 weeks. (about June 7th, but don't quote me.)  IE 6 RIP! Test drive Internet Explorer 9.

Peter went over the major improvements included in HTML 5.  To me the most impressive new feature is the addition of Web Sockets and how they can be used.  But that just one of the many improvements.

I think the main problem is going to be implementing the new features while still supporting older browsers. 

I'm off to the S.F. Bay Area JUG Roundup at Oracle for some information, networking and lots of fun. . .